Palmdale Municipal Code Art. I Sewer Permit Required

All new buildings constructed for human occupancy in the City shall be connected to a public sewer unless the parcel is exempt per policies in the City of Palmdale General Plan. All such sewers shall be designed and constructed according to the provisions of this Title and any other provisions of the PMC. All sanitary sewers, including pumping stations, constructed and dedicated for public use shall be operated and maintained by the City and the benefitting property owner shall bear the cost thereof as provided in PMC Chapter 13.05 (Sewer Collection Service Charges).

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009; Ord. 1614 § 4 (Exh. I), 2023)

(A) No person other than the person specifically excepted by this chapter shall commence, do or cause to be done, construct or cause to be constructed, use or cause to be used, alter or cause to be altered any public sewer, mainline sewer, manholes, inspection or sampling site, house lateral, sewage pumping plant, or other appurtenance thereto in the City of Palmdale without first obtaining a sewer permit from the City.

(B) Whenever a public sewer becomes available within 200 feet of the property where no public sewer was previously available under the provisions of this title, the property owner shall connect all building sewers or industrial connection sewers to the public sewer within 90 days after receiving official notice from the City. Property owners must abandon and fill with suitable materials, as determined by the City, any privy vault, septic tank, cesspool, or similar private sewage disposal systems.

(C) Prior to performing any construction, reconstruction or adjustment adjacent to an existing sewer manhole, the property owner or person performing such work must obtain a sewer permit from the City to ascertain that the sewer lines and manholes have been thoroughly cleaned and the manholes have been satisfactorily constructed, reconstructed or adjusted to City standards.

(D) A sewer permit is required for construction of industrial waste measuring manholes, reconstruction or adjustment of any portion of a manhole due to service connections or grading or paving operation, or any other work which in the opinion of the City may cause damage to a manhole.

(E) A sewer permit issued by the City shall expire one year from the date of issuance, except when the plans were approved in accordance with an agreement either with another governmental agency or for a subdivision as required by PMC Title 16, and the permit shall be valid for the period specified in the agreement.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

If it appears from the application for any permit required by this chapter that the application complies with all applicable requirements and that the work to be performed thereunder is to be done according to the provisions of this title, the City, upon receipt of the fees hereinafter required, may issue such permit. No permit will be issued pursuant to this chapter until the applicant has paid all appropriate fees and sewer collection service charges, as established from time to time by the City Council, to cover all costs including but not limited to the cost of field inspection of the proposed construction, procuring or preparing record plans, and all overhead and indirect costs.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Contractors constructing, maintaining or repairing public sewers and/or sanitary sewer pumping stations pursuant to a contract with the City of Palmdale are exempt from the requirement to obtain a sewer permit.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Application for a sewer permit shall be made to the City on forms provided by the City and shall include all plans and other information requested by the City regarding the proposed work.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

No sewer permit will be issued until the application, plans and project details have been approved by the City as meeting all applicable City requirements and all required fees have been paid.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

No sewer permit will be issued for the construction, installation, repair or removal of any public sewer, or appurtenances thereto which will necessitate any excavation or fill, in, upon or under any public street, highway or right-of-way under the jurisdiction of another public agency, unless the applicant has first obtained a permit from the agency having jurisdiction.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

No permit shall be issued for the direct connection of any lot to a trunk sewer until the applicant has first obtained a permit for such connection from the agency or owner of such trunk sewer.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

No sewer permit shall be issued for the direct connection of any lot to a public sewer which was not designed for and intended to directly serve such lot unless the City first determines that there is additional capacity available in such sewer beyond that required to serve the property for which it was designed.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

(A) A permit shall be obtained from the City wherever construction, reconstruction or adjustment is to be performed adjacent to an existing sewer manhole, to ascertain that the sewer lines and manholes have been thoroughly cleaned and the manholes have been satisfactorily constructed, reconstructed or adjusted to City standards.

(B) This inspection is also required for construction of industrial waste measuring manholes, reconstruction or adjustment of any portion of a manhole due to service connections or grading or paving operation, or any other work which in the opinion of the City may cause damage to a manhole.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)

Permits issued pursuant to this chapter are not transferable from one person to another person or from one location to another location.

(Ord. 1376 § 4 (Exh. A), 2009)